Canoeing in the Wilderness - Softcover

Thoreau, Henry David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1502700530 ISBN 13: 9781502700537

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Canoeing in the Wilderness, by Henry David Thoreau, tells the story of a Thoreau excursion into the pristine wilderness of the state of Maine.From the great nature writer behind Walden comes Canoeing in the Wilderness an account of a trip Henry David Thoreau made into the Maine wilderness.

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About the Author:

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and Yankee attention to practical detail.[3] He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1502700530
• ISBN 13: 9781502700537
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72